The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UVA pass rush | 7.8% 7725th | 10.9% 17527th | faces WVU | 10.2% 59129th | 9.0% ~3.0 sacks |
| WVU pass rush | 5.1% 9970th | 7.6% 19692nd | faces UVA | 8.4% 95115th | 6.7% ~2.2 sacks |
sacks from CFBD play-by-play; college has no charted pressure, and these rates are not opponent-adjusted Measured on 7,926 team-games 2022–25: a college line's sacks-allowed rate carries +0.27 into its next game and a defence's sack rate only +0.10 — the line is most of this. The pairing predicts the game's sack rate +0.27, yards per dropback −0.16 and points added per play −0.15. Heaviest quarter of pairings against lightest: 7.8% vs 4.2% sack rate, 6.1 vs 7.2 yards per dropback.
WVU with the ball
| WVU offence vs UVA defence | WVU offence | UVA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.18462nd | -0.1449th | -53 |
| success rate | 0.44960th | 0.33319th | -41 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20583rd | 0.9554th | -79 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15258th | -0.04341st | -17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46852nd | 0.37551st | -1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93678th | 0.65110th | -68 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30755th | -0.1455th | -50 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40099th | 0.30310th | -89 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.2261st | 1.39732nd | +31 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49173rd | 0.39929th | -44 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32960th | 0.22221st | -39 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.24750th | 2.89174th | +24 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13533rd | 0.18860th | +27 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72088th | 0.69256th | -32 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03464th | 3.14356th | -8 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11126th | 0.198116th | +90 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07849th | 0.09969th | +20 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03420th | 0.099133rd | +113 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60068th | — | — |
UVA with the ball
| UVA offence vs WVU defence | UVA offence | WVU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28429th | 0.12496th | +67 |
| success rate | 0.47644th | 0.443108th | +64 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21575th | 1.18151st | -24 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15059th | -0.02546th | -13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46754th | 0.39161st | +7 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.90884th | 0.84137th | -47 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53614th | 0.336117th | +103 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52120th | 0.511134th | +114 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58461st | 1.44244th | -17 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55027th | 0.520125th | +98 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.257111th | 0.26252nd | -59 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.37031st | 2.90278th | +47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13332nd | 0.20381st | +49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.87010th | 0.70666th | +56 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.65527th | 3.26963rd | +36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10519th | 0.15455th | +36 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07848th | 0.11498th | +50 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02710th | 0.03916th | +6 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400117th | — | — |
Rank gap = the defence's FBS rank minus the offence's on the same measure: +60 means the offence ranks 60 places better than the defence it faces. Unit against unit only — college has no player charting to name a matchup by.